G'day Shipmates,Voyage 11 completed at 1000 this morning when we berthed at the Darwin Naval Base. The YC manned the yards, looked splendid and sang the national anthem with gusto and pride. The end of a voyage is always a sad occasion and...
Good Evening Shipmates,Captain Gunna here for the penultimate time. We woke this morning to a mirror sea as there was absolutely no wind. These things cannot be helped and shortly after our flag hoisting ceremony at 0800 we weighed anchor and motored the short way...
Good Evening Shipmates,Today wasn't a great sailing day but it was a great day all the same.Overnight the wind deserted us and it was obvious (to me at least), that when homage was paid to our wind God Brother Nutzie that there must have been...
Good evening readers, Today we thought we would throw a curve ball at the YC and they have been given a second chance at Command Day. I claimed that my crew needed a rostered day off and were threatening mutiny. As such I suggested...
Good Evening Shipmates,Another absolutely fabulous day in Young Endeavour. This voyage really has been something else.We weighed anchor immediately after colours (our flag raising ceremony) and we motored 10 nm south into Port Essington to a position 2 nm from the first settlement in...
Good evening shipmates,This afternoon the YC Command Day completed shortly after the ship anchored at Port Essington having sailed throughout the night. The YC did extremely well and completed all Command Day tasks asked of them. As a team they did very well...
Good Evening Shipmates,This afternoon I handed command of YE to YC 11. James was their elected Captain and his log entry is below.Fingers crossed for a successful Command Day experience.yours ayeAndrew 'Gunna' RourkeCommanding Officer'Carpe' Diem' After elections last night, I found myself utterly flattered...
Good Evening Shipmates,All at sea today totally under the power of mother nature which is just the way we like it. We're making good ground westwards towards our final destination.Jacq has written tonight's log so there is not much for me to add. ...
Good Evening Shipmates,Another brilliant and special day.Woke this morning snugly at anchor in the rugged but beautiful Jensen Bay. I went for a sunrise climb with some of the YC and that certainly started my day on a high.After colours and morning brief we...
Good evening shipmates,Another ���wow' day in the Young Endeavour and one I will never forget.We motorsailed throughout the night due to light winds and little changed during most of the day. Normally I hate having to use the engines but the additional speed enabled...
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